Beckville Strip — Accidents

Total: 165 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/30/2009 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee stated that he stepped into a coal crevice created by a ripper dozer. He further stated that he was stuck at about waist deep and was unable to free himself without help for more than 30 min...
08/27/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting with removing old teeth on the shovel bucket. When a fellow employee tapped on one of the teeth with a sledge hammer, a sliver of metal came off the tooth and struck employee i...
08/25/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 8-25-09 employee exerted extreme force on a long handle wrench to remove a filter. Employee felt slight pain in shoulder not reported until 8-26-09. On 9/09/2009 at 6:30 am employee told superviso...
07/31/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost Employee was changing tires using a tire machine. He had changed several tires and developed pain and swelling in his right knee.
05/02/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was handling suction line at the barge pump when the suction line float slipped out of his hands and landed just behind the steel-toe of his left boot causing a fractured big toe.
04/06/2009 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning and got some trash in his right eye.
03/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee dismounted his dozer and was walking to the portable toilet when he slipped on the muddy conditions and fell. He caught his left wrist in trying to break the fall and sprained his left wrist...
02/27/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing the teeth on the backhoe bucket and struck the keeper pin with an 8 lb. sledge hammer. A sliver of metal flew off and struck the employee just above the left knee, requiring rem...
02/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a race on a dragline boom point sheave. As the race was being tapped in place by a co-worker, injured placed his fingers under the sheave to check the alignment and the race d...
01/22/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost When removing existing power poles, sandy soil along with poor placement of crane caused rear outrigger to giveway when pole was removed. When the outrigger pushed into the pole hole the crane became...
10/03/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking to a dragline junction box and stumbled on the loose ground and fell, striking his left ring finger into the ground. Resulting in a fracture to the middle phalanx and joint.
07/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 37d restricted Employee stated that he was laying on his back installing cap bolts on dragline boom when he felt a burning sensation. Dr. diagnosis was an umbilical hernia and assigned employee to restricted duty.
02/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 59d restricted EE was working on a broken dump door under a railroad coal car. The EE cut the chain holding the broken door up to begin repairs and the door swung down, stricking the EE in the chest. The EE received...
01/26/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE's were changing out crossties on the rail. EE set spike on a new tie and as he struck it with the spike maul to drive it in, the spike popped up out of the tie and struck the EE in the mouth chipp...
01/02/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing the drag motor coupling cover on D-32 Dragline when the cover fell over mashing his right little finger between the cover and the motor support gusset requiring 3 stitches to clo...
11/14/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a plastic tie-wrap from a bad order tag, when his personal knife slipped and he cut himself on the underside of his left forearm, causing a laceration that required 9 stitches.
10/26/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a rail pick to clean out ballast from between ties under the rail to remove the tie plate. While doing so the ee accidently hit the rail with pick causing it to chip and a piece of the pi...
06/21/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 192d lost Employee was working off a scaffold. He reached down to obtain a welding machine rheostat, lost his balance and fell approximately 8 feet. He received a small non-sutured cut above his left eye, bru...
05/25/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of driving t-posts with a t-post driver. When he picked up the driver over the top of the post, he picked it up to far and missed the post with the driver, causing his fin...
05/14/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a water pump discharge line in the A-4 pit, when the line flew back and struck him on the chin, resulting in a laceration the required several stitches to close. No restrictive d...
04/06/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee felt pain in his right wrist while dismounting a coal haul truck at the AII Area crusher. Doctor diagnosed tendonitis in his right wrist.
03/19/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While tightening the nut on a pitman arm with a wrench, the EE strained his right shoulder. The MRI done on 5/1 revealed inflamation in the shoulder area. It was decided that physical therapy may reli...
03/15/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was disconnecting air hoses and when he disconnected them the pressure in the hose whipped around and hit left hand index finger. Left index finger was lacerated requiring five stitches.
11/27/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was descending from a hauler. He lost his grip with his left hand and all of his weight shifted to his right hand. This caused him to swing away from the ladder with all of his weight on his...
11/02/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was retrieving a dragline bucket tooth pin from inside of D32 dragline bucket. He slipped on the teflon coated bucket liner and fell backward. He tried to catch himself with his extended righ...
10/31/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was picking up a 5 gallon pail of oil when it slipped out of his hands and the edge of the pail landed on top his right foot just behind where the steel toe stops. This caused him to break th...
09/23/2006 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None A supervisor walked out of the building and saw in the distance what he initially thought was smoke or a mist which was close to ground level. It was several hundred feet outback of the building. Upon...
09/13/2006 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A train was assigned to pick up some hot lignite out of A1 silo at the Beckville mine. When train operator began to fill the first car the lignite dust flashed and then went out. The operator continue...
09/09/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was repairing a drag chain on D31 Dragline and as he was positioning the drag repair link, he moved it with a bar and also by hand. As he was rising from a kneeling position, he realized...
09/06/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was wrapping hydraulic hose inside of a portable coal screener. He slipped and tried to break his fall with his extended left hand. He heard a pop, and doctors determined that he had frac...
07/10/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in process of cutting a rope with a pocket knife with the sharp side of blade toward his leg. When the knife cut completely through the rope it inadvertly cut his leg below his knee caus...
06/29/2006 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Around 2:30pm, an environmental specialist noticed smoke in a remote location and went to the area to investigate. Upon arrival, he noticed that there was a fire in a cut over timber area. No one was...
06/10/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using a come-a-long to install an upper fairlead sheave on D31 Dragline. As he was pulling the come-a-long, the pin traveled farther than it normally would and the employee hit his ri...
06/08/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing out a feeder crank disc and while he was using a wrench to break the bolts loose, he felt pain in his left shoulder. An MRI was taken on 7/20/06 and he was told the results on 7/...
04/24/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 44d restricted Employee was descending from the drag rope platform on D32 Dragline. His foot slipped off the step on # 4 drag bull gear pinion. This caused the employee to fall and skin the shins on both his right a...
04/21/2006 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 72d lost, 106d restricted EE was operating a motor grader in a pit which had not been cleaned. He stated pit was rough so he was assigned to blade it before hauling equip arrived. EE called supervisor 4/25/06 that his back hur...
04/21/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was using a 1 1/2"" impact wrench and a 4 5/8"" socket to remove 3"" rod bolts from a hoist case on D33 Dragline. As he lifted the impact up a little over head high, he felt some pain in his...
03/29/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's foot slipped while dismounting from a wet dozer track. He fell onto the concrete floor. His first doctor's visit was on 3/30/06, bruised right arm & shoulder. On his follow up visit (4/14/0...
03/25/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was grinding in a tight place on the tub and kicked off of another gusset and cut left middle finger.
03/10/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was grinding and got some trash in left eye.
01/18/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two mechanics were welding on a backhoe bucket with a shield between them. However, during this process, one of them received flash burns to both of his eyes. The mechanic was examined by a doctor (1...
01/11/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 10d lost, 7d restricted EE has been diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in both wrists due to operating equipment over the years. He is a hauler operator. His medical statement was dated 1/11/06; we were not notified of th...
10/12/2005 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AN ELECTRICAIN RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHILE WORKING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ENERGIZED FLOOR MOUNTED LIGHTENING ARRESTORS WHICH WERE LOCATED ON D33 MARION DRAGLINE.
07/11/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP A DISCHARGE LINE ON A BARGE PUMP. HE HAD MUD ON HIS BOOTS. HE SLIPPED AS HE WAS STEPPING OFF OF THE PUMP BASE AND FELL ONTO HIS BACK AND BOTH ELBOWS. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 7...
07/05/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE WAS CARRYING 5 GALLON BUCKETS OF OIL TO TOP OF THE SILO. HE STARTED HAVING PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE WHILE PERFORMING THIS TASK. FIRST DOCTOR VISIT WAS 7/18/05. AN MRI WAS TAKEN OF 7/28/05. ON 8/1/05 MRI...
05/13/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING 31159 DOZER TO REPQIR IT, AS HE STEPPED FROM THE BLADE ARM SIDE STEP ONTO THE TOP STEP, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LOWER STEP CAUSING HIS LEGS TO SEPARATE AND HE STTRAINED HIS RIGH...
04/26/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee lost grip on one side of a 3/4"" steel plate causing the weight of the steel plate to fall and smash the tip of his right ring finger. The tip of right ring finger was ruptured upon impact....
04/20/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was gouging and got something in left eye.
04/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving some bearing fixtures when the fixture kicked up and hit his left forearm, lacerating the left forearm.
04/13/2005 FIRE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was using a Bullard Fresh Air Pump and the filter caught fire and sent smoke into mask causing smoke inhalation.